John Lewis in the lead : a story of the civil rights movement
Title
:
John Lewis in the lead : a story of the civil rights movement
Author
:
Haskins, James, 1941-2005.
ISBN
:
9781584302506
Edition
:
1st ed.
Publication Information
:
New York : Lee & Low, c2006.
Physical Description
:
1 v. (unpaged) ; col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Reading Level
:
950 L Lexile
Personal Subject
:
Lewis, John, 1940-2020
Corporate Subject
:
United States. Congress. House -- Biography.
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) -- Biography.
Subject Term
:
Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
African American legislators -- Biography.
Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography.
African American civil rights workers -- Biography.
African Americans -- Civil rights.
Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
Added Author
:
Benson, Kathleen.
Andrews, Benny, 1930-2006
Summary
:
"A biography of John Lewis, Georgia Congressman and one of the 'Big Six' civil rights leaders of the 1960s, focusing on his youth and culminating in the voter registration drives that sparked 'Bloody Sunday, ' as hundreds of people walked across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. Includes a note by Congressman Lewis and a timeline"--Provided by publisher.
| Library | Call Number | Status |
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| Stillwater Public Library | J 921 LEWIS | Nonfiction Collection |